The Bill Kenny Show Explained

Genre:Music
Presenter:Bill Kenny
Country:Canada
Language:English
Channel:CBC Television
Num Seasons:1
Producer:Elie Savoie
Runtime:30 minutes

The Bill Kenny Show was a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1966.

Premise

Bill Kenny, a member of the popular vocal quartet The Ink Spots in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and later a solo singer, hosted this series. He became a Vancouver resident in 1961 and became among the first black performers to star in a nationally broadcast television series in Canada.[1]

Series regulars included singing group The Accents, with Fraser MacPherson's house band. Visiting artists included Susan Pesklevits who was later known as Susan Jacks.[2]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (North American Eastern time) from 22 May to 10 July 1966.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Former Ink Spots Great Bill Kenny Gets TV Show . . 21 October 1965 . 56 . 6 September 2010 .
  2. Web site: The Bill Kenny Show . John . Corcelli . June 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .